Daily Republican., 1887-01-08
rHELIrrLn TYCOON.

II Depended On = womsn's whi'n and
It Csaght Her Fsncy.
New YORK Times
wiIliam NJ singsrly owned ard
George G. Broth~rton leased the Tenn
ple Theatre In Phtlzdslphts, which was
destroyed by ere on Monday night.
The fact that "The Little Ty coon" Was
10 reht arssl At the time of the FIRE 70.
cxlls n rs'bsr queer Incident In oonnec
ton with the original prod uction OF the
comic opera Ia which the owner and
Losses OF the theatre play ed the priuci
pa, part A young man named VIII
lard Spencer wis the composer OF the
peculiar comic opera which has SCENE d
70 appeal successfully only to tho queer
musical tastes OF Pailadelphians.
As It's composer, spencer naturally
bad very much faith is the success OF
his com position, but for . long time he
failed to tnd any one eise who mad q
;ike faith. He haunted Mr.. Bro,hsrton,
who bad jpst msds = large sum OF
money through Kellar, the magician,
but woo bad refused TO ve0ture any OF
thoss game In the Little Tycoon" en-.
terpriss. Spencer wouldb't be shaken
Of He De, sisted in being heard and
having his work heard. At last Broth
elton. hsvir q y little spare time, con
sented TO lilo en-. He rather liked the
Jingle Of some Of the airs But hs knew
nothing Of music. and 90 he decided not
to take the piece. He left his Office fer
. walk mp CT estnut street. Sper Ger
chung 70 aim and talked Little Ty-
coon" until Brotherton was tired.
Millionaire Sing. riley, who takes n
flyer" In theatrical enterprises as q
sort OF diversion after the cares imposed
upon him by his paper, the Philatel
phia Record. his HOlst-in cattle ard
his fast horses, was coming down tb'
street
Say, singerly," said Mr. Pro,h ton,
"have you got any thing on band just
nowP"
"Nolhipg Ia pariiculsf," was the re
ply OF the capitalist.
ave got a musical crank here with
an opera" sstd brotherton, and ~,
inst struck me I'd like to u' - expert
ment. DO you know sns'"ioa about
music?"
"Not l."
"Then come up tn the hna,, g tn ne
This man Sp~ncsr's got - opera h
wants me - produce. Gor'f know
whether IT'S good or bad. He want
me TO pro1u"a it. II It's good ! ma,
do so II you'll take u flyer In witt
me. 1t wont take more than COUP,
| of thousand dollars apisoe, and IL IT,
eo,d ~e'll IN AXE soot thing out of l.;
I'm gcing TO take Spencer up TO Thu
house AMI lot HIM Try It on my vile
shs knows lit:le something abou
music. kJ scheme Ia to let 5qe1oe
play H., let her nc, as Sudience, Will.
you and pose az judges. II 1t pleas
her we'll prod uce II; 1t IL MT we'll lie
It alone. Sp, nctr, vii sou run thu
risk?"
The com poser fairly jumped at tb'
chance. OF course he'd consent ano
abide by the decision OF his audience o
three. Would Colonel Singerly con
sent? He would, and did, and the tri
vent to Mr.. Brotherton's house. Mrs
Btotherton, who by the way, died {
couple of weeks age, wssn { admitted
| to the secret She was simply told tina
new comic opera was 10 be tried
Would she listen TO 1t? She won d? Sh'
faced the com poser while he Sat Mt tn
piano, while her hnt band ard Oolone
| Singsrly watched her TO SOC what eftec
music and dialogue PROD need. She wa
. lucky auditor for Spencer. Sh
laughed At some of the dialogue, sp
plauded some of the music and ash e
that several OF the airs be repeated, ant
generally enjoyed the whole affair, pos
sibly because OF The novelty OF the Fl $
| uation. Whatever 1t might baye been
that amused her, IL decided the fate .
"The Little Tycooa." The judges &C
capted the decision OF tho single list on
er Spenosr's production Was accepted
th.n and there.
S,naularly enough, this Quesr method
OF tying an opera proved 10 be m ,s'
satisfactory one in avery way. Coloue
S.Dseriy ard Mr.. Brothertcn both mad
mons y out of the affair In spite OF Their
losse, on 1t outside OF Philadelphia, ant
Mr. spepcer's share OF nrofi,s from IL Il
set down at from $35, 600 to $50, Goo.